All Events (70)

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March 5, 2024
Tuesday
March 6, 2024
Wednesday
  • Objection! Current, Contentious, and Confusing Legal Battles

  • Mar 6, 2024 at 10:00 to Mar 27, 2024 at 11:30
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    TV shows and films about the law make the legal profession seem exciting and glamorous. Discover how real law can be even more stimulating than its dramatic facsimile. This series continues to focus on selected current, highly publicized, volatile, a

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: law
 
  • Forensic Anthropology: Fact versus Fiction

  • Mar 6, 2024 at 15:00 to Mar 27, 2024 at 16:30
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    Because of television shows like "Bones," "CSI," and "NCIS," the public is fascinated with forensic anthropology. But what is it really like? In this series, we'll discuss the basic methods that forensic anthropologists use to learn about a person fr

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: forensic, anthropology
 
  • Music Americana: In Search Of Greatness, Part II

  • Mar 6, 2024 at 15:00 to Mar 27, 2024 at 17:00
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    From sheer talent, pioneering a new direction, or outselling all their rivals, a few artists are widely regarded as the foremost practitioners of their art. Their work endures through the years, imitated but never surpassed, as part of the soundtrack

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: music
March 7, 2024
Thursday
  • Science and Human Values

  • Mar 7, 2024 at 10:00 to Mar 28, 2024 at 11:30
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    In this interactive seminar, participants will examine the critical role that science plays in the development of human values and moral and ethical structures. Ideally, these should be universally applicable, promoting human well-being across cultur

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: science
March 13, 2024
Wednesday
  • Masters and Masterpieces Updated Weekly Topics

  • Mar 13, 2024 at 2:00 to May 1, 2024 at 2:00
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    Many creative artists work with similar themes and ideas, but their resulting art invariably differs. Approaches to subject matter are markedly dissimilar as each artist experiences objects in personal ways, and representations generally echo percept

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: art
March 18, 2024
Monday
  • Ciao Cinema: Contemporary Italian Film

  • Mar 18, 2024 at 19:00 to Apr 8, 2024 at 21:30
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    Today's most prominent Italian filmmakers have successfully revived and imbued their cinema with stories that reflect their history, their present problems, and the human condition, warts and all. These four films explore the cultural conundrum of a

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: films, cinema, italian
 
  • Was Israel’s Syrian Policy a Strategic Failure?

  • Mar 19, 2024 from 10:00 to 11:30
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:
    Writing in the "Jerusalem Strategic Tribune," prominent journalist Ehu Yaari underscored that "the survival of the Assad regime, closely allied with Iran, amounts to nothing short of an Israeli strategic failure." By emphasizing potential security th
  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: #olliboca
 
  • Nova Singers Concert: Jubilate Deo

  • Mar 19, 2024 from 19:30 to 21:00
  • Location: Christ Church United Methodist, Fort Lauderdale
  • Description:

    Join the Nova Singers for a concert featuring Dan Forrest's Jubilate Deo, a global choral interpretation of Psalm 100 "Oh, be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands." This melodic, contemporary work uses a wide spectrum of musical influences, with seven mo

  • Created by: Teresa Mears
  • Tags: music, concerts, fort lauderdale
March 20, 2024
Wednesday
  • Robert Frost

  • Mar 20, 2024 at 12:30 to Apr 10, 2024 at 14:30
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    Join Jeffrey Morgan, Ph.D., as we enter the world of Robert Frost. You will never look at his work the same way again. Guided by Morgan, everything you thought you knew about Frost's work will be challenged, and a whole new perspective will be opened

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
  • Tags: frost, poems, poetry
 
 
  • 1939: The Year Hollywood Could Do No Wrong

  • Mar 21, 2024 at 15:00 to May 9, 2024 at 17:00
  • Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
  • Description:

    Almost every field of human endeavor has a favorite year, a calendar date that pulsates with meaning. In terms of cinema, that year is unquestionably 1939. For that year, Hollywood's 25th, all the stars aligned. Consider that the nine nominees for Be

  • Created by: OLLI at FAU
March 24, 2024
Sunday
  • A Very Disney Purim

  • Mar 24, 2024 from 10:30 to 12:00
  • Location: Temple Beth El of Boca Raton
  • Description:

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    Sunday, March 24

    Temple Beth El of Boca Raton

    Schaefer Family Campus – 333 S.W. 4th Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33432

    10:30 am - 12:00 pm

    Featuring your favorite Disney melodies and characters!

    Meet our newest Disney Princess Esther as she wins the heart of A

  • Created by: Temple Beth El of Boca Raton